And that worked in Dos (up to v6.0a at least) as well, for those who are interested.
Regards, Alastair. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis McGrath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:30 AM Subject: RE: Enhancement -- do you agree? > When I want to replicate a variable with a variation in the name and > definition, I edit the original variable. Changing the variable name make > R:Base think you are createing a new variable, which of course you are!!! > Just tweak the defintion and say add. Done. I get a lot of mileage out of > this technique. > > -- Dennis McGrath > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Productivity Tools for R:Base Programmers > http://www.enteract.com/~mcgrath/dennis > > -- Full time consultant with: > SQL Resources Group > Steve Hartmann > Oak Park, IL > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Ron Rose > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 4:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Enhancement -- do you agree? > > > I am not clearing understanding what you want about the variables. > Do you wish the variables to create themselves and receive a value? > The first part can be done using the indirect variable. > SET VAR .indirect [data type] = .what_is_inside. > Note: period on indirect. > RRR > > Jim Limburg wrote: > > > > G-Day all > > > > I was wondering... I have seen a few pings on > > this list get started about what one or two > > would like to see in the next rbase release > > or patch and then others chime in and the > > next thing you know Dr:R> sees that this is > > an overwhelming asked for feature and he > > gets it implemented. I am hoping for the > > same thing here. > > > > I have a several forms or reports that have > > countless variables that are sequenced/ > > incremented only by the last char being > > a number. ie: like vf_value1, vf_value2 > > and so on. > > > > I put in an offical request a good while > > back #1301 for this feature and was wondering > > if others would like to see a portion of > > the reports and forms variable declaration > > dialog have this feature added. It would > > have a text box that one could put > > in the starting var like vf_value and an > > add by increment button or spinner button > > setup using the already in place add button > > with another text box for the value you want > > this variable to be assigned that could be > > incremented as well (???) or have the option > > to just set it to NULL. > > > > This way it would greatly reduce the amount > > of time I spend typing in this same info, > > or cut/paste which is what I usually do to > > get this job done. > > > > Maybe something like this > > > > |-----------------------====----------------------| > > | |----------| |--| | _ |----------| |--| | > > | | vf_value | + | 1| | |_| = | .value | + | 1| | > > | ------------ ---- | ------------ ---- | > > | | _ |----------| | > > | | |_| = | NULL | | > > | | |----------| | > > | | /-----------------\| > > | | | ADD VAR TO LIST || > > | | \-----------------/| > > |-------------------------------------------------| > > > > and it would result in variable being added > > to the list like and increment the number (1 > > in this case): > > > > vf_value1 = .value1 > > vf_value2 = .value2 > > vf_value3 = .value3 etc... > > > > Thought it might be worth a try > > > > I like to use code before forms/reports with > > all these variable like this: (THANKS to TROY S.) > > > > --THIS WILL MAKE VARS vf_value0 THROUGH > > --vf_value100 of type text = NULL > > SET VAR vname TEXT = 'vf_value' > > SET VAR vi INTEGER = 0 > > SET VAR vtemp TEXT = NULL > > WHILE vi <= 100 THEN > > SET VAR vtemp = (.vname + (CTXT(.vi))) > > SET VAR &vtemp TEXT=NULL > > SET VAR vi = (.vi + 1) > > ENDWHILE > > --THIS WILL SET THE ABOVE VARIABLES TO A > > --VALUE IF NEEDED > > SET VAR vi = 0 > > WHILE vi <= 100 THEN > > SET VAR vtemp = (.vname + (CTXT(.vi))) > > --SET VAR &vtemp = ('value' & (CTXT(.vi))) > > SET VAR vi = (.vi + 1) > > ENDWHILE > > > > Thanks for any input > > Jim Limburg >
